To be, or not be......but how?

On one occasion or other we may have asked ourselves: who am I and, in my uniqueness, where, do I belong?  We may have even asked: what “slings and arrows of misfortune” can I endure to “belong” and...

Manhattanville Urban Terraine Vague.......can gentrification be far behind?

All rights reserved.This is a composite/double exposure of two images taken from the elevated 125th Street subway station.  It's a study on the semiotics of billboard advertising and how the messages...

Dolphin Dreams of mind control...........

This is dedicated to my courageous friend Alejandra H. Covarrubias.......the  muse for this piece. I created this photo montage using three separate and unrelated found images.   This scene came to...

Building community in the age of Urban "Gentrification".....

Just when one feels the “Bushies”, neo-conservative storm troopers and real estate developers have taken over the world (well, maybe just the US), it is gratifying to come across communities of people who...

The last days of Coney and the way it was...........

Not too far into the future folks will see images like this and say:....(sigh) remember when Coney Island still looked like that....?  ......Coney is in its last days of looking like this.  Even as...

American ethnic parades as forms of cultural performance......

The opening reception for the multi-media exhibit titled "Puerto Rican Day Parade, Remixed" was a festive happening.  Many of the artworks on display expressed a sense of color, history and created an...

EROTIC POETRY ....."LOVE, LUST & LOSS"......

Funky as you get erotic poetry, music, drink and great conversation were the order of the evening at Carlitos Café and Galeria on Monday, May, 21st, 2007.   "LOVE, LUST & LOSS" EROTIC POETRY NITE II...

What is the nature of gender and identity?.......

       What is the nature of gender and identity? Is it about our body parts and secondary characteristics? Is it about what we think we are? Could it be about the kind of clothing we...

NYC’s "El Barrio" art scene is vibrant, alive and well!!!

Last night I was at a reception for the "Projects 4 Rooms" exhibit at the Taller Boricua Gallery in the Julia De Burgos Cultural Center in El Barrio. This is a wonderful multimedia exhibit curated by Marcos Dimas...